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• I have an old Mac Mini with a DVI Port that came with a VGA DVI-adapter.  Tonight, my monitor went down.  Brand new monitor works with that?  Can I use an adapter?  If yes should which adapter I?

  I have an old Mac Mini with a DVI Port that came with a VGA DVI-adapter.  Tonight, my monitor went down.  Brand new monitor works with that? Any recommendations? Can I use an adapter?  If yes should which adapter I?

  You can use any DVI monitor DVI port directly or have any VGA monitor with the power that you adapter. A HDMI monitor might work with an adapter DVI to HDMI in a pinch, but HDMI tends to be more fickle.

• Installation 10.11.6 El Capitan with 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on old Mac Pro 4.2 multiboot?

  Looking for savvy here advice...  I have an old Mac Pro 4.2 (cheese grater) that runs Snow Leopard 10.6.8.  It is a wonderful workhorse machine, who served me tirelessly for many years.  It is obviously older and slower, but works very well.  I love 10.6.8.  If Apple ever updated the Mac Pro line (I know, probably not... sigh...), I'll buy one and replace this machine.  Until then, I keep doing this work.

  This machine is a beast, has been upgraded with internal hard drives 1 TB three (he also got a couple internal HDs inherited from 750 and 500 MB used for storage).  I have also several external 1-4 to, hip, FW800 drives too.  A host of storage, of course, and should be a lot of options to start on several systems.

  I am generally satisfied with 10.6.8 on this machine, although there are obvious limits to that.  I would get one or two operating systems newer on it, pick-and-choose between them according to the needs, but I absolutely want to/need to preserve the ability to initiate and run 10.6.8 systematically as my operating system on the day the day, at least for now.  Maybe I'll warm to one of the others on this machine eventually, but 10.6.8 must remain usable, install a newer OS on other readers may not nerve there.

  On a year-and-a-half ago, I took a race to install 10.10.3 Yosemite on one of the internal disks.  This doesn't quite work.  I moved, sniffed Yosemite everywhere, don't really like it a lot and went to restart and him switch back to 10.6.8 for a bit.  Initially, it was impossible (from less than I expected, would be the same old process, I have always used, via system preferences > startup disk).  You can read the details of this experience here and more here if you are interested.  This latest attempt to get Yosemite on this machine was a very negative experience.  Yosemite is still there on an internal HD, but I tried not to boot on it since then.

  Now I take another look at this.  What is the engine now, is that I want to update my iPad Mini 3 iOS 10.  But that (update of an iDevice iOS 10) requires iTunes 12.5.1.  And iTunes 12.5.1 requires Mac OS X 10.9.5 or newer - it won't work with 10.6.8.  I'm looking for my options.

  Right now, I have three large internal HDs: HD #1, 2 # HD and HD #3, each 1 TB.

  HD #1 has 10.10.3 Yosemite on this.  I started from this time and have not resumed since.

  HD #2 has 10.6.8 Snow Leopard top.  This is my main operating system and startup of daily drive.

  HD #3 is nothing special about it.

  Although HD #1's Yosemite about that, I have only started from this disc once and hesitate to go back, at least until I can get a way easy and reliable to restart off HD #2.

  I understand that I can also get 10.11.6 El Capitan.  I thought that installing on HD #3.  That sounds like a reasonable to add option, but again, I want to make sure it won't cause problems to switch back to start off HD #2 in Snow Leopard (such as installation of Yosemite on HD #1).

  What is the best way for me to go about safely - preserve the option to start easily in 10.6.8 on HD #2?

  Thanks for the help!

  If you start or restart now Option (Alt) key and calls the Startup Manager, you should be given the choice at the start of any boot disk OS X on any of the readers.

  See > How to choose a boot on your Mac - Apple Support drive

• Update an old Mac

  I am currently using:

  • An iMac (21.5 inch, late 2009)
  • Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel core 2 duo
  • 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 memory
  • Running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6.

  This Mac was unused for years in one of the offices in my Police Department. Although he is seven years old, he surpasses new PC with my colleagues. I want to upgrade the memory on the Mac, but I'm not sure how much he could handle.

  I am currently assigned as training coordinator for the police force of 140 agents.  If the follow-up of training and other documents have been overwhelming both.  With the help of some applications more or less cheap (Hazel, DevonThink Pro, etc.) for the first time in nearly three years, I can finally take a vacation with my family and you worry home to a nightmare.  As I learn and become more comfortable with the Apple platform, I find myself with more app that causes the computer to run slowly.

  Is it possible to remove the two, cards memory 2 GB (4 GB matching)?  And install four 4 GB memory cards separated (equalling 16 concerts.) This old Mac support this amount of memory?  If so do you have recommendations where I could buy it?

  I was told also to look on a card SSD, again once I don't know what size should I buy for this machine.  Any help is welcome.

  Thank you

  1. Yes.

  2. Yes.

  3 OWC or Crucial.

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• Clone of old mac to new mac

  Can someone give me instructions step by step to clone my old mac to my new mac so it automatically recognizes all the devices (printer, Time Capsule, NAS, etc.) that made my old mac. In other words, I want my new Mac to work exactly like my old - except, of course that the new will be better and faster.

  Thank you.

  the best way to approach the connection with 3 devices, is using the drivers for your new OS machines by developers. both systems can have differences between them and simply force the old system to the new system settings is a guarantee that they will work as you would like that.

  Migration/time Machine Assistant can work for some of this, but if if fails, you will need to get the correct software for your new OS systems.

  Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support

• Can't access iTunes purchases with an old .mac account

  Hi all

  I used to have a .mac account in the old days and I bought a number of songs on iTunes using this account. When they turned off the .mac addresses I've migrated to the new system (which I am using to write this post). I just tried to play one of these old tunes, and he said that I was not allowed to play. So I tried to enter the address of .mac using the iCloud and he says that the account has been locked and he would send me an e-mail. The only valid option seems to be the old .mac email address.

  Is it possible to access the email message that they (probably) was sent on the old .mac email address?

  The end of the game is to get into this account and re - authorize all my songs to my new account, but the first step is to get there in the first place.

  @mac.com addresses have not stopped. I use mine to this day. @mac.com, @me.com and @icloud.com al e-mails, end up in your mailbox to the current iCloud email account.

  What I suspect is happening in your case, is that you've changed, or rather, add a new account Apple ID. For load of reflow or authorize your purchases made with the former Apple ID, you need to log in iTunes Store using this code from Apple.

  To check which was Apple ID used for the purchase of any article, read the file (cmd + I) information.

• How long to migrate old Mac to new Mac?

  I'm migrating my old Mac to my new Mac. I'm in year of transfer stage information for 3 hours now. How long does take the migration?

  You ask a good question on migration data from an older Mac to a new. The answer, of course, is "it depends."

  Relevant issues-

  The amount of data is moved? More data takes more time for obvious reasons.

  How the two computers are connected? Wired Ethernet connections are generally faster than using a Wi - Fi connection.

  What is the speed of the network?

  That being said, I saw data transfers take more than 3 hours several times.

  Good luck.

• What would be the optimal OS to install on a 13 "MacBook Pro 2009?  El Capitan can be advanced to install on such an old Mac Book Pro.   Thanks for any input on this!

  What would be the optimal OS to install on a 13 "MacBook Pro 2009?  El Capitan can be advanced to install on such an old Mac Book Pro.   Thanks for any input on this!

  El Capitan is the only one to use, clean the shit of your Mac first and if you have less than 4G of Ram, increase to 4 or more

• I should get my old Mac Book Pro refurbished

  I'm getting a new Mac Book Pro, no question there. What should I do with my old Mac Book?  It is OS x 10.6.8 processor 2.4 Intel Dual Core 2, with 4 GB of memory.

  I know he needs a serious upgrade OS and memory. Everything else seems to work very well. I thought I could get renovated at a great price and use it as a backup of the computer for lighter work.

  Thoughts?

   menu > about this Mac

  exactly is what model?

  What does refurbished mean to you? What measures do you expect the mechanic to take?

• Migration of files fails - old Mac again!

  What I am doing wrong, or do I have to do differently?

  Migrating from an old MAC to a new MAc used to be so easy is not on this new MacBook PRO running OS 10.11.x.  Migration of files on any media (wired Ethernet; and then the shot of lightning; then on wifi), ended before the migration complete, gave no indication of what the transfers succeeded, which offended the migration file or where to take them back. Wifi, ironically, was the closest to success!  But not a big success!

  Old MAC: i5 2.4 Mhz 4 GB Mem, 500 + HARD drive, run 10.8.x

  New Mac: 2.9 Mhz i7, 8 GB Mem, 1 TB of HARD disk, run 10.11.x

  What I am doing wrong, or do I have to do differently?

  It uses the configuration wizard for the initial start-up of the new machine?

  or

  Using the Migration Wizard later?

  Were you running the 10.8.5?

• How to open or convert the .avi file on old mac running OS.10.6.8?

  How to open or convert the .avi file on the old mac running OS.10.6.8.  We tried downloading several conversion programs as well as programs that run .avi, but everyone's message could not be opened on the mac or require a fee.  Anyone able to fix it.  We have great audio video file we need to convert.

  Try to use MPEG Streamclip; You can be told to install Perian or another component, or who does not open the AVI file. AVI is a container, not a format; no single component or codec will open all reviews, and some cannot be played or converted in Mac OS X.

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• Hard drive from old mac 10.8 does not open

  Old mac external hard drive (10.8) will not be open to users on new Macs using (10.11.4).

  If the drive is mounted, you can do a right click on the drive icon, choose "Get info". "." Unlock the settings by clicking on the small lock icon. Check "ignore ownership on this volume".

• Get the most out of my old Mac

  I have an old Mac with OSX 10.5.8 - assuming that I am not in a position to replace the right now, what is the best performance I can get out, via upgrades etc. ?? Any help appreciated

  I have an old Mac running 10.5.8.  It's a Power Mac G5, and I could use it as my Mac primary (for most things), if my Intel Mac mini came down.  It has 4 GB of RAM; It could go much higher (up to 16 GB), but 4GB seems to be more than enough for the race of Leopard.  It has a 128 GB SSD as the startup disk, and the other internal drive is a hard drive 2 TB.  The currently-installed video card is stock - nothing special, good enough for my application.

  It is connected to the TV in the living room for display; It is "hidden" behind the HDTV.  It uses my system stereo as its speakers.  It acts as my network storage "data dump".  I can watch videos on web sites like YouTube (although less of it since getting an Apple TV), as long as the web site uses based on HTML5 video (not Flash video-based).  The latest version of iTunes for Mac PowerPC (10.6.3) still work with current iTunes game service, so I can listen to my library of music complete iTunes on this subject.  Since it's next to my stereo system, I did and still do audio recording (using an older version of GarageBand).  For example, to scan tapes and old LPs of music.  I also use it to record audio from my TV decoder.

  I don't know if you have an iMac G4 or G5.  If it is a G5, it can substantially benefit an SSD, because it has a SATA interface.  For a G4, because of its old PATA interface, an SSD is probably less effective to increase overall performance.  But it would probably improve things like startup time, and it can benefit an iMac (G4 or G5) by producing less heat and making less power compared to a standard 3.5-inch hard drive (less stress on the aging system).  Certainly maximize its RAM.  Storage and RAM - you can't really do anything else internally, since this is an iMac.

  For the software, Use TenFourFox as their web browser.  Safari for 10.5.8 is old and does not have to be updated over the years.  TenFourFox is a special version of FireFox, actively maintained by a dedicated developer, optimized for Mac PowerPC under Tiger or Leopard.

  http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

  TenFourFox, that's what makes my PowerMac G5 can still be used as a computer 'every day', more than any of its hardware upgrades.

• Old Mac. Need help

  Hi, I am new to the Mac world. I found a very old mac Power Mac G4 the original owner took out the hard drive because of privacy. I got the good hard drive for the mac, and I am very confused because Apple won't let you install their software. I know it's true, but I want to install Windows only. In addition, the new hard drive, I bought so he didn't any what Mac OS or Windows. Everything works of Mac. Is there a possible way just to install Windows without any Mac OS? If I can run Mac OS, then how to install Windows on it?

  Thank you

  wabob

  Hi Bob,

  Sorry to say, no way to simply install Windows on a G4, your choice is OSX or Linux PPC.

• How to transfer a playlist from old mac to new mac

  I just copied a CD on my old Itunes Mac (because I don't have CD player in the new Macbook air). Then, I created a playlist with the tracks on the CD. Now, how to transfer the new list of reading old mac to new mac?

  Hello rbaenzm,

  I understand you want to get music from a CD in your new MacBook Air, but you do not have a CD player.  Since you have already imported your CDs in your old (er) Mac iTunes library, you can use home sharing to share these files with your MacBook Air:

  Share your iTunes library on your home network

  If you plan to do it often, it may be easier to our SuperDrive Apple USB drive simply attach to your MacBook Air.

  Your profile shows that you use OS X Mavericks on your computer.  If you update to OS X El Capitan and subscribe to our new Apple's music service, you can enable iCloud music library to sync your music on all of your devices.  Click on the links below for more information:

  Update of OS X El Capitan

  Join the Apple music on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC

  Music Apple Sync on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and your computer

  With Apple's music subscription, you can access your music library on all your devices using the music library to iCloud. When you connect to Apple music on any of your devices, you can see your library in my music.

  Your music library includes:

  • songs, albums, and playlists that you have added in the catalogue of Apple's music;
  • music you bought on iTunes; and
  • music from other sources in iTunes on your Mac or PC, including the CD that you ripped and music that you have created yourself.

  See you soon,.